Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.Fred Astaire~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

One evening, after attending the theater, two gentlemen were walking down the avenue when they observed a rather well dressed and attractive young lady walking ahead of them. One of them turned to the other and remarked, "I'd give $250 to spend the night with that woman."

Much to their surprise, the young lady overheard their remark, turned around, and replied, "I'll take you up on that offer."

She had a neat appearance and a pleasant voice, so after bidding his companion good night, the man accompanied the young lady to her apartment.

The following morning, as he prepared to leave, the man gave her $125. She demanded the rest of the money, stating, "If you don't give me the other $125 I'll sue you for it."

He laughed, saying "I'd like to see you get it on these grounds."

Within a few days, he was surprised when he received a summons ordering his presence in court as a defendant in a lawsuit. He hurried to his lawyer and explained the details of the case.

His lawyer said, "She can't possibly get a judgment against you on such grounds, but it will be interesting to see how her case will be presented."

After the usual preliminaries, the lady's Lawyer addressed the court as follows:

"Your honor, my client, this lady, is the owner of a piece of property, a garden spot, surrounded by a profuse growth of shrubbery, which property she agreed to rent to the defendant for a specified length of time for the sum of $250. The defendant took possession of the property, used it extensively for the purposes for which it was rented, but upon evacuating the premises, he paid only $125, one-half of the amount agreed upon. The rent was not excessive, since it is restricted property, and we ask judgment be granted against the defendant to assure payment of the balance."

The defendant's Lawyer was not only surprised but also impressed AND amused by the way his opponent had presented the case. Naturally, his defense was somewhat different from the way he originally planned to present it. He rose to the occasion!

'Your honor," he said, "my client agrees that the lady has a fine piece of property, that he did rent such property for a time, and a degree of pleasure was derived from the transaction. However, my client found a well on the property around which he placed his own stones, sunk a shaft, and erected a pump, all labor performed personally by him. We claim these improvements to the property were sufficient to offset the unpaid amount, and that the plaintiff was adequately compensated for the rental of said property. We, therefore, ask that judgment not be granted."

The young lady's lawyer answered, "Your honor, my client agrees that the defendant did find a well on her property. However, had the defendant not known that the well existed, he would never have rented the property. Also, upon evacuating the premises, the defendant removed the stones, pulled out the shaft, and took the pump with him. In doing so, he not only dragged the equipment through the shrubbery, but left the hole much larger than it was prior to his occupancy, making the property much less desirable to others. We, therefore, ask that judgment be granted."

In the Judge's decision, he provided for two options: "Pay the balance $125 to the plaintiff, or have the equipment detached from its current location and provide it to the plaintiff for damages."

The defendant wrote out a check immediately.

Case closed!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Eight year old Sally brought her report card home from school. Her marks were good, mostly A's and a couple of B's. However, her teacher had written across the bottom:

"Sally is a smart little girl, but she has one fault. She talks too much in school. I have an idea I am going to try, which I think may break her of the habit."

Sally's dad signed her report card, putting a note on the back: "Please let me know if your idea works on Sally because I would like to try it out on her mother."~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

The Top 25 Alabama Country Songs of All Time.....

25. Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye24. Her Teeth Was Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure23. How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?22. I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling21. I Bought A Car From A Guy Who Stole My Girl, But It Don't Run, So We're Even20. I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You19. I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well18. I Still Miss You, Baby, But My Aim's Getting Better17. I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight, Cause I'm Afraid She'd Win16. I'll Marry You Tomorrow But Lets Honeymoon Tonight15. I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Like Having You Here14. I've Got Tears In My Ears From Lyin' On My Back and Cryin' Over You13. If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You12. I Haven't Gone To Bed With Any Ugly Women, But I've Sure Woken Up With a Few11. Mama Get A Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head)10. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love You9. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Sure Do Miss Him.8. Please Bypass This Heart7. She Got The Ring And I Got The Finger6. You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat5. You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly4. If The Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me3. She's Actin' Single and I'm Drinkin' Double2. She's Looking Better After Every Beer

And the number 1 Alabama Country song of all time is

1. If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out By Now~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good morning boys and girls.

Merry Sunday morning to you all.

We had a cool night. All the way down into the upper 30s. Brrr (MaG where's the little freezing fellow?)

It's a good thing I had my Baby here to keep me warm. What a sweety!

I may spend the day in bed with her.

I hope your day is sunny and warm, or, whatever you may wish it to be.

joe

Edited by gymcandy1 (10/06/1211:00 PM)

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"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in." Will Rogers

Good Morning Joe, Ana, MaG, manxman and Cailyn. Joe maybe the sun will warm things up for you today! Ana are you sore from all that dancing? MaG nice to see you in the Diner. Manxman happy holiday1 Cailyn it's nice to hear you are feeling a little better. Take care. Have Good Day All!

Good morning everyone. Breakfast out and then a Walmart trip. Grandson got a job at Subway, and I promised to buy him a pair of black pants for work. He's very happy, as he's been out of work for a long time. To all here and all who follow have a Wonderful Sunday. Danish, Omelets, Hash Browns, and English Muffins in the NC.

brrrr morning . its a chilly 32 here this morning. iam so not ready for cold weather. my brother thinks we will have a cold and nasty winter. we haven't had one for a while , boy i sure hope not. not much planned for today except for football and making a pot of spaghetti

Like a lot of places it's chilly and rainy here today. Glad there's no need to go out today. My plans for the day include getting the apartment all spiffy clean and then finishing one of the games I've started. (Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe).

Wishing health and a great Sunday to all. Connie you provide the best breakfasts... (What does NC stand for? )